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control character
Last modified: Thursday, October 10, 2002
A special, non-printing character that begins, modifies, or ends a function, event, operation or control operation. The ASCIIcharacter set defines 32 control characters. Originally, these codes were designed to control teletype machines. Now, however, they are often used to control display monitors, printers, and other modern devices.
